Effects of Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia With Morphine, Continuous Epidural Analgesia, and Continuous Femoral Nerve Sheath Block on Rehabilitation After Unilateral Total-Hip Arthroplasty

This study suggests that IV PCA with morphine, continuous FNB, and continuous epidural analgesia provide similar pain relief and allow comparable hip rehabilitation and duration of hospital stay after total-hip arthroplasty (THA). As continuous FNB is associated with less side effects, it appears to offer the best option of the three.